A woman has been arrested in Florida after she made threats to commit a copycat crime of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder.
42-year-old Briana Boston of Lakeland was arrested after she made threats to assassinate executives at health insurance company BlueShield.
Boston allegedly called BlueCross BlueShield in response to a recent medical claim being denied.
During the call, she issued a threat echoing the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer’s words.
“Delay, deny, depose. You people are next,” she allegedly said to the company over the phone.
The words “Deny,” “Defend,” and “Depose” were written on the bullet casings used to kill Thompson.
When police arrived at Boston’s home to question her about the phone call, she allegedly told them:
“Healthcare companies played games and deserved karma from the world because they are evil.”
She also told police she owned no firearms and had no intention to hurt anyone.
However, police did not believe that she wasn’t a threat, according to the New York Post.
Police said the angry mom intended to threaten the company by purposefully invoking a phrase strikingly similar to the one Luigi Mangione allegedly scrawled on bullets he’s accused of shooting Thompson with.
Mangione is facing a murder charge in the slaying.
He allegedly wrote “Deny,” “Defend,” and “Depose” on ammunition recovered at the murder scene outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel.
Boston’s bail has been set at $100,000.
Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor told WFLA that she should have known better than to issue such threats.
“She’s been in this world long enough that she certainly should know better that you can’t make threats like that in the current environment that we live in and think that we’re not going to follow up and put you in jail,” Taylor said.
Many hardcore leftists have either been celebrating Mangione as a hero or at least have expressed sympathy for his alleged crime.
However, Pennsylvania’s Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro denounced those views.
“In America, we do not kill people in cold blood to resolve policy differences or express a viewpoint,” he said.
“I understand people have real frustration with our healthcare system.
“I have worked to address that throughout my career.
“But I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters most.
“In a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.”
